Market Stall · Vegetarian 'Sausage'
Glamorgan Sausage
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It's called a sausage but contains no meat at all — the name most likely comes from the Glamorgan cattle breed that produced the cheese inside it, not from any resemblance to a banger.
Grated Caerphilly-style cheese, breadcrumbs, leek and herbs are bound with egg, rolled into a sausage shape, breaded and fried until crisp outside and molten within. Welsh market stalls and delis sell them ready-fried as a snack or light lunch.
Why it's made this way: It's thought to have taken hold during wartime meat shortages, when cheese and leeks stretched further than beef or pork.
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